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Poster: Reade Date: Oct 22, 2018 5:20am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: catching up; thanks all!

Easy Wind gets short shrift around here as well, one of only two GD songs where Hunter wrote both the lyrics and music. I've always thought to myself that Dylan proved you can write a song about absolutely anything, and David Dodd seems to be saying much the same here regarding Hunter: "... there is nothing spectacular, adventurous, or special about it, but it is, nevertheless, worthy of a song. That, to me, is the essence of the song, and of many of Hunter’s songs—he is seeking all that’s still unsung, after all, which means giving voice, and recording for our memory, that which is unremarkable otherwise. It elevates the everyday, and that’s something any of us can do at any time with our lives that may seem all too normal. There’s nothing about life, Hunter seems to be saying, that is not worth taking note of." http://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-easy-wind
This post was modified by Reade on 2018-10-22 12:20:20

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Poster: Vermoontains Date: Oct 22, 2018 12:42pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: catching up; thanks all!

Well. I did not expect Robert Frost and woods deep with snow so that was a nice surprise.
nor fire from the ice.
What is the other one that Hunter wrote words and music if you know ?

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Poster: HankAndLeeStamper Date: Oct 22, 2018 12:51pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: catching up; thanks all!

I think it's words and music by Hunter on Must've been the Roses as well.
I've always admired the "projects" around here (the '84 project, etc) and am considering an Easy Wind project. There are 45 versions, all played between Aug 69 and April 71, per the link Reade posted. That sounds like maybe a way I could spend some time....Hmmmm.

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Poster: Mooding Date: Oct 22, 2018 6:49pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: catching up; thanks all!

I'd be excited to hear the results of an Easy Wind project. I've always loved that tune and for me it's Mason's Children's (wow, 3 consecutive apostrophes) fraternal twin, perhaps due to the loosely tight grooves they lay down for both tunes in the studio, but never replicated live.
This post was modified by Mooding on 2018-10-23 01:49:46

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Poster: Reade Date: Oct 23, 2018 5:49am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: catching up; thanks all!

I second the notion that an Easy Wind project would be wonderful.

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Poster: HankAndLeeStamper Date: Oct 23, 2018 8:45am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: catching up; thanks all!

Hilariously, I decided to start on the spot yesterday, since that link had said 8/20/69 was the debut. Couldn't find it on the archive. Comic. I'm going to continue forward though, and see what I can do on this front. I sated my appetite with 3 from the vault last night (2/19/71) which has a nice Easy Wind there. But I'm going to get on this and start going chronologically (checking other sources besides the archive as well) and taking notes to post up here. (Edit: so I "found" the first Easy Wind. Listed as 8/20/69, that date appears on the concert poster too, the show was rained out and actually performed on 8/21, and it's listed as 8/21 on the archive. This may be a tough project if it's this hard just to find the tunes!!) V ---- loved the Jerry plays NOLA!!! Great great stuff there. One of my big disappointments in life generally is the low quality of the existing tapes of the Garcia Band with James Booker on piano. A true piano genius, but one who hopscotched from genius to insanity on the regular.
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Poster: Vermoontains Date: Oct 22, 2018 12:59pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: catching up; thanks all!

To me, Easy Wind is the closest thing to a live performance than any other song on a studio album.

How about the Jerry covers NoLa link I sent you from Sugarmegs a while back?